The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-04-20
Weekly Market Review.

MISUNDERSTANDING fresh butter sells for
IS to zoe per Id; cheese, 144c per Id; eggs,
13c per dozen; potatoes, 40c per bushel !;
beef, to &c per ID; pork, &c per ID; lamb,
Ale per Id; mutton, % to SC per ID; sugar,
to Sc per ID; sirup. 80 to Coo per gallon.
WATERFOWL AND BRIGHTON
LIVE STOCK.
CATTLE.-The receipts were 2203 head
The market was fairly good, Northern SELL
ing at to &c and fancy lots at Z to 7lc per
pound. j. j. Kelley sold three beef cows,
the lot weighing 5000 lbs, at $50; ID. Gal
Tough one bull and one COW for beef, the
two weighing 2,l00 lbs, at S73; p. McIntire
three fat cows at $40 per head; A. Stone
one beef cow, estimated to dress 800 lbs, at
$4S, and A. b. Engrem one COW, the live
weight of which was 1 100 lbs at $50. The
above are fair samples of the sales made.
SHEEP AND LAMBs.-The receipts were
1 ,09S head. The demand was good at % to
SIC for sheep and 81 to &c for lambs.
SwINE.-The receipts were IA ,4SS head.
The market was steady, Northern dressed
selling at to Tic and Western live at to
Gle per pound.
PoULTRY.-There were only few hun
dred pounds on the market. Prices ranged
at 10 to 12c per pound, live weight.
HIDES, TALLow, ETC.-We quote Brighton
hides at 63 to &c and country lots at 6 to &c
S1.75 each; Brighton tallow, % to Sc, and
country lots at Il to &c per pound.
BOSTON COUNTRY PRODUCE.
EGGs.-Trade has been very quiet the
past week. We quote extra Vermont and
New York at 10 to l3lc and choice Western
at l3c per dozen.
BEANs-Prces are unchanged. Choice
hand picked Pea sell at 81 20 to S1.75, Yellow
Eyes at SLAB to S1.50 do screened at 81 %
| to S1.35 and Red Kidneys at SLIGO to S1.7C
per bushel.
| HAY.-The market is dull and unchanged
We quote choice prime hay at $1,000 tC
poor at $1,000 to S1100. Rye straw sells al
| S14.W and oat at $500 per ton.
| CHEEsE.-Stocks of fine old cheese are
! closely sold up and there are very few offer
! ing. Small sales of skins are reported, bu
there are not many heavy sales. Extra Yer
mont sells at IA to 15c, good to choice at 1;
to 13lc, common at to lie and extra sage
at IL TO 15c per pound.
PorAroEs.-The demand is excellent
and prices are firm. The market fol
about all grades is steady. Sales hav,
been at full prices. Early Rose sci
at 80 to 60c, Beauty of Hebrons at % &c
63c, Burbank Seedlings at 80 to 53c anC
Proifics at 45 to Doc per bushel.
BUTTER-The market has been dull til,
past week and prices are lower. Sup
| plies are steadily increasing. Extra North
ern creamery sells at % to 24c, extrs
Western creamery at 20 to &c, choice do al
90 to 24c, the finest Franklin county dairy
at % to PC, good to choice do at Is tC
dc extra Vermont at 20 to &c, choic,
Northern dairy at Is to bic and fair to goot
do at Ii to 20c per pound.
BOSTON FLOUR AND GRAIN.
FLouR-The market is quiet The de
mand is not at all urgent and dealers arr
only buying as goods are needed. The in
terstate commerce law no longer forces
people to buy ahead, but rather puts an un
certain feeling over the whole market
There is feeling that present prices viii
drop. Winter wheats are dull and moving
slowly at quotations. Michigan Hours arr
quiet at present prices Fine sells at S2.3
to $3.50, supertine at S2.65 TO $500, common
extras at $500 to S325, Michigan roller a
$500 to $40 and winter wheat patents a
$3.50 to $40 per barrel.
GRAIN.-Corn is steady and prices ar,
very well held Oats are firm and thu
market has healthy tone. Shorts are II
light supply and firm. Corn sells at d
to 53lc and oats at 36l to 43c per bushel, as t.
quality. Winter wheat bran brings S21 90 Il
$2l,25, spring wheat bran 5000 to S2lO
middlings $500 to S21.50 and cotton-see'
meal $500 per ton.
THE WOOL MARKET.
THE market has improved in tone during
the week. There have been more trans
actions, more inquiry and slightly highe
prices on certain grades of fine wool medium
woods holding their own. Ohio Xxx sell
at 33 TO 34c, Ohio X at 81 to 325c, Michi
gan No. at 30 to 36c, California sprinl
at "A to 25c, Eastern Oregon at ii Il
1Sc, Maine supers at 43 to Acc and ex
ira Western supers at % TO 33c per pound.
r,,,, Ann
THE arrivals have been more numerou
the past week, and there is quite TAI
amount of stock coming in from the Prov
inces and the lower river ports of Maine
There is no great snap TO business. In
Maine rivers are still solidly frozen. Their
has been a fair call for clap-boards, single
and laths at unchanged prices. Hemloc
boards are in good CALL but there is no
much demand for spruce. The demand TO
dimension lumber has continued good
though there are no new large orders in tn
market. The general trade is good, how
ever. Prices are the same as those quote
last week. Rough hemlocS boards sell a
$1,000 to $1,000 and planned do at Sll.0
to S12 90; the best clear spruce floor board
at $3.50 to $500, coarse at $500 an
refuse at $500 to $500; one-inch bo
boards at $500 and seven-eighths do a
$1l 90; Eastern sawed cedar shingles a
$3.40 to $3,62a, clear do at $500 to $3.l2s Tn
best shaved shingles at 1925 other grade
, at SO. % to S4.75 and No. spruce at 81. 20 {
$780, extra four-foot spruce clapboards d
S27 90 to 800 do clear at S25 to $1,000 an
other grades at S12 to 1871 co. pine and spruc
laths at $500 TO S2.l2a; the best spruc
underhoors at $1,000 and other grades q
$3.50 to $500